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German director Alireza Golafshan has wrapped his AI-themed courthouse thriller Zoma aft a sprout successful and astir Munich.
Leonie Benesch, who made waves internationally successful Oscar-nominated The Teachers’ Lounge and Munich Olympics hostage play September 5, stars arsenic an eager young lawyer who takes connected a seemingly hopeless lawsuit against a powerful tech corporation.
Zoma is nan first accumulation to travel retired of fledgeling accumulation institution Story Garden, since its launched by erstwhile Wiedemann & Berg Managing Director and shaper Justyna Muesch and ex-colleague Sofie Scherz pinch Golafshan in nan 2024.
It is coproduced pinch Studiocanal arsenic good arsenic pinch Munich-based broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk successful collaboration pinch Arte. The movie is supported by FFF, FFA (jury‑based taste accumulation funding), and nan German Federal Film Fund DFFF.
Studiocanal will merchandise nan movie theatrically successful Germany connected January 28, 2027 and is besides handling worldwide authorities income of nan movie.
Benesch is joined successful nan formed by Barbara Sukowa (Hannah Arendt), who plays a grieving mother seeking answers complete her son’s death, which she believes whitethorn beryllium linked to AI therapy app Zoma.
Defying her boss, Benesch’s character, nan eager young lawyer Elli Schreiber, takes connected nan case. She soon finds herself battling not only nan tech patient NuvoMind and its formidable ineligible squad but besides an algorithm that seemingly understands nan quality psyche amended than humans themselves.
The formed besides features Tom Schilling (Murder Mindfully), Tobias Moretti (The Dark Valley), Frederic Linkemann (The Conference), Julian Looman (Pagan Peak), Florian Geißelmann (Sound of Falling), Devid Striesow (Ah, This Gap, This Appalling Gap).
It is nan 4th characteristic collaboration betwixt nan Story Garden founders, aft Golafshan’s comedy Alles Fifty Fifty, which won nan Bavarian Film Award for Best Director successful 2024; JGA: Jasmin.Gina.Anna in 2021 The Goldfish in 2019.
“In an era defined by nan emergence of AI, Alireza stages a courtroom play of striking urgency, exploring what it intends to beryllium human. Supported by a superb ensemble, nan movie reveals a caller facet of his versatile imaginative profile. As a recently founded accumulation company, we are proud to observe our debut pinch this work,” said Muesch and Scherz.
Golafshan co-wrote nan screenplay pinch German writer Moritz Binder, who was Oscar-nominated alongside Tim Fehlbaum and Alex Davidl who was Oscar nominated for nan screenplay September 5.
“Alireza Golafshan’s and Moritz Binder’s screenplay captivated america from nan first to nan past page and is precisely successful tune pinch nan zeitgeist,” Studiocanal Co-CEOs Hooman Afshari and Lutz Rippe.
Zoma is simply a movie that moves america profoundly and raises questions we arsenic a nine tin nary longer postpone. We are delighted to collaborate pinch nan recently founded Story Garden Film and nan renowned producers Justyna Muesch and Sofie Scherz – and thrilled to activity pinch an exceptional ensemble whose strength goes consecutive nether nan skin.”
